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1. ‘Persian Gulf – State of affairs in – Vol: 27’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, commanding the Gulf Squadron. It is the twenty-seventh in a series of thirty items.The item concerns:A report by Hawkins on his negotiations at Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and tour of the GulfThe collapse of the alliance between Shaik Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of the Joasmees [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] and Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], Chief of the Banyas [Banī Yās] tribeThe negotiation of peace between Shaik Sultan and Debaye [Dubai]The failure of peace negotiations between Shaik Saeed and Debaye.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 69’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 782, and terminates at f 792 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. ‘Persian Gulf – Claims against the Chief of Asseeloo – Vol: 16’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the sixteenth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns instructions to Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, to land at Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and extract the compensation owed by the Shaikh of Asseeloo for acts committed by his subjects.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ectio]n: 18, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 724, and terminates at f 729 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
3. ‘Persian Gulf. Lieutenant Chitty’s report of his visit to Asseeloo and the Arabian Coast – Vol: 4’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Arthur Whately Chitty, commanding the East India Company brigantine Tigris. It is the fourth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Chitty’s visit to Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] to investigate claims that the shaikh was detaining a vessel there. The shaikh claimed that he had been told the vessel was stolen.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 151, and terminates at f 157, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
4. ‘Persian Gulf. Report of Commander Hawkins’ proceedings during the late Cruize off the Persian and Arabian Coasts – Vol: 3’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Croft’s report of a cruise he undertook of the Persian [Iranian] Coast, including the following incidents:A demand by a Hindu merchant on the Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]The sinking of the Hashmeeand the conduct of the Shaik of Assaloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and his family on this occasionDisputes between Assaloo and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]The case of a man who owned an eighth part of a vessel but sold the vessel without the consent of the other seven partnersThe complaints of the Shaik of Congoon [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin Jubārah of Kangan] against his neighboursThe visit of an officer of the Crown Prince of Persia to CongoonA conversation between the Reverend Henry Stern of the Jewish London Missionary Society, and the shaikhs of Bahrein.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 344, and terminates at f 358, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
5. ‘Persian Gulf. Aseeloo and Mukheeloo, Chief of. Ill-treat and extort money from an Agent of a British subject in Sinde.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-eighth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the British Agent at Muscat.The item concerns the complaint of the agent of a merchant based at Tatta [Thatta]. While at Asseloo [Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh], the ship he was on was occupied by local residents fleeing Persian troops, and money was extorted from him by the shaiks [shaikhs] of Asseloo and Nukheloo [Nakhilu].The item contains a table of contents (f 662), and the title page (f 661) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 38’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 7 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 661 and terminates at f 668, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
6. ‘Persian Gulf. Visit of the Resident to Aseeloo and Cheroo.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 June 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on his visits to the ports of Aseeloo [Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh] and Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru’iyeh] in April 1847. Topics covered include:Discussions with Shaik Ahmed bin Khulfan [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Khalfān] of AseelooRecent events at AseelooRelations between Aseeloo and the Government of Fars, including money owed by the people of Aseeloo to that governmentAn engagement entered into by Shaik Ahmed promising not to ‘disturb the peace of the seas’, a copy of which can be found at folio 231Discussions with Sheik Yoosoof [Shaikh Yūsuf] of Cheroo regarding a similar engagement as above, as well as recent events at Cheroo involving British vessels.Aseeloo is also rendered as Asseeloo.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 78, Vol: 3.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 224, and terminates at f 232, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Items of Maritime intelligence communicated by the Resident in the – reported. Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Robinson; Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Tehran; and Khojeh Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the first in a series of five items.The item concerns:Kemball’s attempts to exact reparations from the Governor of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] whose people had plundered a boat from Kelat [Kalat; also written as Khelat and Kulat], and Robinson’s consequent expedition to CharrackA description of an attack by the people of Charrack on KelatExaction of a fine and pearls from the people of Kenn [Kish Island] on account of the plunder of a boatA minor dispute between Debaie [Dubai] and Shargah [Sharjah]Expedition by the Beni Yas [Banī Yās] tribe into the districts of Rusul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]A complaint by Sheik Ahmed ben Khulfan, Governor of Asseeloo [Shaikh Aḥmad Al Khalfān, Governor of Bandar-e-‘Asaluyeh] that the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] imprisoned and fined the nakhuda of a boat from AsseelooThe plunder of a vessel from Zanzibar by a dependent of Sheik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 21 of No. 53 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 503, and terminates at f 561, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
8. 'Book No: 15 (Inward) for the years 1813-1814'
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- Abstract: The volume contains mainly letters addressed to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire at the time. Bruce was Acting Resident until 1812, but in this volume he is still often referred to as Acting Resident. A few letters are written to James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. The letters are mainly from the Secretaries of the Government of Bombay. Subjects relating directly to the Residency include: accounts; military and marine expenses. Broader themes within the letters include the diplomatic relations with Persia and the Wahabee [Wahhabis], the procurement of sulphur for its use in gunpowder, the silk and horse trades, and the threat of Āl Qāsimī pirates to British trade in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: there is an original pagination, written in ink in the top right of each recto and the top left of each verso. It starts on the first letter with 1 and continues until page 213.The volume has been foliated in pencil, circled, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering begins with the first letter with 1; then 2-94; 95-95a; and then runs through to 138, which is the last number given on the first blank page at the end of the volume. There are seven blank pages at the beginning and three at the end of the volume.Condition: the item has suffered from insect damage and the paper is very fragile in some parts. Some folios are glued and cannot be read.
9. Board's Collections Vol 651
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- Abstract: This volume consists of one item which contains copies of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and Bengal. The item is:IOR/F/4/651/17855 ‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee [al-Qasimi] pirates in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]’, Vol. 6.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.